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FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE WITH NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

Finding the Root Cause with Naturopathic Medicine

By Dr. Ryan Kneessi ? 2016 by Move Forward Natural Health All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE ........................................................................................................................... 4 THERAPEUTIC ORDER................................................................................................................................ 5 PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE COST ............................................................................ 6

LEAKY GUT..................................................................................................................................................... 8 WHAT IS LEAKY GUT SYNDROME? ............................................................................................................ 8 WHAT CAUSES LEAKY GUT? .................................................................................................................. 9

INFLAMMATION.......................................................................................................................................... 12 WHAT IS INFLAMMATION? ..................................................................................................................... 12 CHRONIC INFLAMMATION.................................................................................................................. 12

MITOCHONDRIA: YOUR POWER HOUSE..................................................................................................... 17 WHAT ARE MITOCHONDRIA? ................................................................................................................. 17 SUPPORTING MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION ................................................................................. 19

OXIDATIVE STRESS ...................................................................................................................................... 21 WHAT IS OXIDATIVE STRESS?.................................................................................................................. 21 GOALS TO COMBATING OXIDATIVE STRESS ....................................................................................... 23

ACIDIC VS ALKALINE .................................................................................................................................... 26 WHAT IS pH? ........................................................................................................................................... 26 ELECTROLYTES AND pH ....................................................................................................................... 28

METHYLATION............................................................................................................................................. 31 IT'S IN YOUR GENES ................................................................................................................................ 31 WHY IS METHYLATION IMPORTANT? ................................................................................................. 33

REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................ 36

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FINDING THE ROOT CAUSE WITH NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE

Throughout school I was taught to find the root cause and to focus on the root cause of disease. I was learning loads of information about human anatomy, human biochemistry, nutritional biochemistry, cellular physiology, functional blood chemistry, pharmacology, botanical medicine, and a wide range of other topics involving clinical and basic sciences. Those classes gave me a solid foundation of knowledge on human health. It wasn't until I started practicing, that I was able to expand upon my knowledge of health and gain a better understanding of the root causes of disease. Sure it sounds awesome to say the best course of treatment is to address the root cause, but what does that exactly mean?

Before we dive into the root causes of disease, I would like to briefly explain the differences between Naturopathic Medicine and Conventional Medicine. Ever since we were little, we were lead to believe "medicine" was taking drugs to make you feel better. I wish medicine was this easy, but it simply is not. Pharmacology is only a small section of medicine and leaves off the vast majority of other modalities of what medicine actually is. Don't get me wrong, pharmacology is vitally important in the role of health care today, but there is a proper place and time for it. Way too often doctors go straight to drugs and avoid all other modalities of medicine. Remember, drugs are not medicine, drugs are one modality used in medicine. Naturopathic medicine focuses on using all modalities of medicine.

Naturopathic medicine is a distinct primary health care profession that combines natural therapies with modern medicine. Yes, pretty awesome, I agree. Naturopathic doctors (ND) are trained as primary care providers during their time at school. Naturopathic Doctors and Medical Doctors have the same basic and clinical science education during their time at medical school. I often compare classes taken at Yale medical school to the curriculum taken at Naturopathic medical school. They are very similar but

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